WH Quiz 4: Mesopotamia

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris

What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?

• land between the lakes

• the first civilization

• land between two rivers

• land between the mountains

Priests, farmers, and slaves are examples of this characteristic of civilization.

• cities

• government

• writing

• social structures

Name the two bodies of water that provided water for Mesopotamia.

• Nile River and Black Sea

• Tigris River and Persian Gulf

• Euphrates River and Tigris River

• Euphrates River and Nile River

How did Sumerians solve the problem of attacks by neighboring communities?

• They fielded large armies to fight them

• They built walls

• They met and signed treaties

• They migrated to a new area to live

What is a city-state?

• The area inside the city wall
• The city and the countryside around it.
• The farmland
• The market place

Bringing water to your crops, including building dams, channels, canals, and ditches is defined as:

• irrigation

• agriculture

• ziggurat

• scribes

What does polytheistic mean?

• belief in one god

• Belief in more than one god

when you have more food than you need you have a:

• Trade

• Domestication

• Surplus

• Shortage

Complex societies that have a government, written language, organized religion, jobs, and cities.

• Cuneiform

• Civilization

• States

• Countries